2018 Tennessee elections
Tennessee state elections in 2018 were held on Tuesday, November 6, 2018. Primary elections for the United States Senate, United States House of Representatives, governorship, Tennessee Senate, and Tennessee House of Representatives, were held on August 2, 2018.[1]
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United States Congress
Senate
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Incumbent Republican Senator Bob Corker opted to retire instead of running for a third term. Republican U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn won the open seat, defeating former Democratic Governor Phil Bredesen.
The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Blackburn and Bredesen winning their respective party nominations.
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Marsha Blackburn | 1,227,483 | 54.71% | -10.18% | |
| Democratic | Phil Bredesen | 985,450 | 43.92% | +13.51% | |
| Independent | Trudy Austin | 9,455 | 0.42% | N/A | |
| Independent | Dean Hill | 8,717 | 0.39% | N/A | |
| Independent | Kris L. Todd | 5,084 | 0.23% | N/A | |
| Independent | John Carico | 3,398 | 0.15% | N/A | |
| Independent | Breton Phillips | 2,226 | 0.10% | N/A | |
| Independent | Kevin Lee McCants | 1,927 | 0.09% | N/A | |
| Total votes | 2,243,740 | 100.00% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
August 2, 2018, Primary Results
- Bredesen—80–90%
- Bredesen—>90%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Phil Bredesen | 349,718 | 91.51% | |
| Democratic | Gary Davis | 20,170 | 5.28% | |
| Democratic | John Wolfe Jr. | 12,269 | 3.21% | |
| Total votes | 382,157 | 100% | ||
- Blackburn—70–80%
- Blackburn—80–90%
- Blackburn—90%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Marsha Blackburn | 613,513 | 84.48% | |
| Republican | Aaron Pettigrew | 112,705 | 15.52% | |
| Write-in | 13 | <0.01% | ||
| Total votes | 726,231 | 100% | ||
House of Representatives
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
Tennessee elected nine U.S. Representatives, each representing one of Tennessee's nine Congressional Districts.
Results
Source:[5]
| District | Republican | Democratic | Others | Total | Result | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | Votes | % | ||
| District 1 | 172,835 | 77.06% | 47,138 | 21.02% | 4,309 | 1.92% | 224,282 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 2 | 172,856 | 65.94% | 86,668 | 33.06% | 2,610 | 1.00% | 262,134 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 3 | 156,512 | 63.68% | 84,731 | 34.48% | 4,522 | 1.84% | 245,765 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 4 | 147,323 | 63.38% | 78,065 | 33.58% | 7,063 | 3.04% | 232,451 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 5 | 84,317 | 32.15% | 177,923 | 67.85% | 8 | 0.00% | 262,248 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| District 6 | 172,810 | 69.47% | 70,370 | 28.29% | 5,560 | 2.24% | 248,740 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 7 | 170,071 | 66.86% | 81,661 | 32.10% | 2,652 | 1.04% | 254,384 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 8 | 168,030 | 67.66% | 74,755 | 30.10% | 5,560 | 2.24% | 248,345 | 100.0% | Republican hold |
| District 9 | 34,901 | 19.23% | 145,139 | 79.98% | 1,436 | 0.79% | 181,476 | 100.0% | Democratic hold |
| Total | 1,279,655 | 59.25% | 846,450 | 39.19% | 33,720 | 1.56% | 2,159,825 | 100.0% | |
Gubernatorial
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
Incumbent Republican Governor Bill Haslam was term-limited, and is prohibited by the Constitution of Tennessee from seeking a third consecutive term. Republican candidate Bill Lee was elected with 59.6% of the vote, defeating Democratic nominee and former Nashville mayor Karl Dean.
The primaries took place on August 2, 2018, with Republican Bill Lee and Democrat Karl Dean winning their respective party nominations.[6]
Results
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Lee | 1,336,106 | 59.56% | -10.75% | |
| Democratic | Karl Dean | 864,863 | 38.55% | +15.71% | |
| Independent | Other candidates | 42,314 | 1.89% | N/A | |
| Write-in | 11 | 0.00% | 0.00% | ||
| Total votes | 2,243,294 | 100.0% | N/A | ||
| Republican hold | |||||
August 2, 2018, primary results
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 60–70%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- 90-100%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 70–80%
- 80–90%
- 90-100%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Karl Dean | 280,553 | 75.14 | |
| Democratic | Craig Fitzhugh | 72,553 | 23.42 | |
| Democratic | Mezianne Vale Payne | 20,284 | 5.44 | |
| Total votes | 373,390 | 100.0 | ||
- 20–30%
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 30–40%
- 40–50%
- 50–60%
- 20–30%
- 30–40%
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican | Bill Lee | 291,414 | 36.75 | |
| Republican | Randy Boyd | 193,054 | 24.35 | |
| Republican | Diane Black | 182,457 | 23.01 | |
| Republican | Beth Harwell | 121,484 | 15.32 | |
| Republican | Kay White | 3,215 | 0.41 | |
| Republican | Basil Marceaux | 1,264 | 0.16 | |
| Total votes | 792,888 | 100.0 | ||
State Legislature
State Senate
Results by senate districts
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Republicans: 50–60%
60–70%
70–80%
>90% |
Democrats: 80–90%
>90% |
No election:
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Elections for 17 of the 33 seats in Tennessee's State Senate were held on November 6, 2018. There were 2 open seats.
After this election, Republicans had 28 seats while Democrats had 5 seats.
| Party | Candidates | Votes | Seats | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | Before | Up | Won | After | +/– | |||
| Republican | 16 | 720,864 | 63.21 | 28 | 14 | 14 | 28 |  | |
| Democratic | 15 | 415,718 | 36.45 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | | |
| Independent | 2 | 3,485 | 0.31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Write-in | 2 | 421 | 0.04 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | |
| Total | 1,140,488 | 100 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 33 | | ||
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Closest race
This race was decided by a margin of under 10%:
| District | Winner | Margin |
|---|---|---|
| District 31 | Republican | 1.78% |
State House of Representatives
The election of all 99 seats in the Tennessee House of Representatives occurred on November 6, 2018.
Republicans won 73 seats, while Democrats won 26 seats. Democrats gained a seat during this election.
See also
Local elections
References
- Almukhtar, Sarah (August 2, 2018). "Tennessee Primary Election Results". The New York Times.
- "November 6, 2018 Unofficial Election Results". Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved November 9, 2018.
- "August 2, 2018 Democratic Primary United States Senate" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "August 2, 2018 Republican Primary United States Senate" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved September 25, 2018.
- Johnson, Cheryl L. (February 28, 2019). "Statistics of the Congressional Election of November 6, 2018". Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives. Retrieved April 27, 2019.
- Almukhtar, Sarah (August 2, 2018). "Tennessee Primary Election Results". The New York Times.
- State General
- "August 2, 2018 Democratic Primary Governor" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved October 8, 2018.
- "August 2, 2018 Republican Primary Governor" (PDF). Tennessee Secretary of State. Retrieved September 25, 2018.